Prediction of the location of the lumbar aorta using the first four lumbar vertebrae as a predictor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5370 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1271-1281

  Conrad Hansen, Lars A ^a   Raundahl, Jakob ^a   Tanko, Laszlo B ^b   Nielsen, Mads ^a  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aorta; Bayes; Calcification; EBCT; PCA; Prediction; Procrustes; Shape; Statistic; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS; X RAYS;

CORONARY HEART DISEASES (CHD); DATA SETS; LUMBER SPINES; PREDICTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 5644258388     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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